Best Space Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated space games.

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LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham The Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 11 Nov 2014
Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.

Price -97% 1.11€
Rating 7.3
Release 31 Oct 2014
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

Price -99% 0.53€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Oct 2014
Alien: Isolation Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Price -94% 2.46€
Rating 9.2
Release 06 Oct 2014
STARWHAL The local multi-player space narwhal fighting game that has rocked the internet is finally ready for its big debut in a fully loaded release! Flop it out with 1-4 players in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. STARWHAL will change your life.

Price -89% 1.12€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Sep 2014
Starpoint Gemini 2 Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.

Price -96% 1.51€
Rating 6.8
Release 26 Sep 2014
Beyond Gravity Beyond Gravity is procedurally generated "platformer" where you jump in-between planets and try to collect as many pickups as you can. This gets progressively harder the further you jump. No need to worry tho as you can upgrade your character with loads of upgrades and power-ups!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2014
DG2: Defense Grid 2 Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

Price -97% 0.34€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2014
6180 the moon Simple space, dynamic jump. 6180 the moon offers a fresh, unseen game play style by connecting the top and bottom of the screen.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Sep 2014
SPACECOM SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.

Price -97% 0.36€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Sep 2014
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Sep 2014
Mountain Existential Nature Simulation

Price -20% 0.79€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Aug 2014
Orbital Gear Orbital Gear is a fast paced sidescroller shooter where you utilize the gravitation of celestial objects to give you momentum through space. Arm your Mech with two of the twelve different weapons and destroy your enemies.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 07 Aug 2014
Rodina A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Jul 2014
Halfway Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...

Price -81% 2.45€
Rating 7.0
Release 22 Jul 2014
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Jul 2014
Shattered Planet Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.

Price -89% 1.19€
Rating 6.6
Release 03 Jul 2014
Aeon Command Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades.

Price -47% 1.60€
Rating 7.4
Release 03 Jul 2014
Space Run Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!

Price -86% 0.71€
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Jun 2014
Enemy Mind A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

Price -91% 0.89€
Rating 8.0
Release 06 Jun 2014
Freespace 2 FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.

Price 24.50€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Jun 2014
Lifeless Planet Premier Edition PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Jun 2014
Pandora: First Contact Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.

Price -98% 0.68€
Rating 6.1
Release 30 May 2014
Astebreed: Definitive Edition Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.

Price -97% 0.79€
Rating 8.4
Release 30 May 2014
Distant Worlds: Universe Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.

Price -97% 1.13€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 May 2014
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

Price -93% 0.55€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 May 2014
UFO: Aftermath UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.

Price -82% 0.74€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Apr 2014
The Last Federation From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

Price -95% 1.09€
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Apr 2014
Space Farmers Grab a friend, grab a gadget, grab a gun and get ready for the most fun you'll ever have in a co-op game!

Price -21% 6.53€
Rating 7.2
Release 17 Apr 2014
Parkan 2 Parkan II is an original concept game that will allow you to feel as a pilot of a spacecraft lost somewhere in the universe. Become a pirate or mercenary, get money to buy the most powerful cruiser and show them all who is to be the new master of the galaxy. Unforgettable adventures in the Parkan II universe await you!

Price -82% 0.75€
Rating 6.8
Release 16 Apr 2014
Beware Planet Earth Beware Planet Earth! is a beguiling mix of classic tower defense and time management coming to PC via Steam for the first time. Save your cows from the Martian invasion by building an effective defense using towers, traps and objects, and also by firing your Zapper directly at the invading force of little green men!

Price -87% 0.68€
Rating 6.8
Release 11 Apr 2014
Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut The Director's Cut of Strike Suit Zero delivers the definitive version with a graphical overhaul, restructured campaign and more content. Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills will decide Earth's fate.

Price 17.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 08 Apr 2014
Halo: Spartan Assault Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *

Price -73% 0.80€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Apr 2014
Drox Operative Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary.

Price -93% 1.40€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Feb 2014
Ikaruga Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

Price -50% 4.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 Feb 2014
Descent Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds and six degrees of freedom.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Feb 2014

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